OPTIONAL Discussion: Written Comparison of the Job Search Process

Directions: Using the information from the readings and lectures, write about the similarities and differences in the job search process in your country and the United States.

Requirements: Write 5-8 complete sentences and use 2-3 phrases for compare/contrast. Your response can answer these questions:

• What are some specific things that are the same?
• What are some things that are different?
• How do job seekers find jobs?
• Which job skills are most important in your country?

 Peer Review: After you have submitted your assignment, dedicate 15 minutes to reading and responding to others’ posts. Please consider responding to at least two posts. Please respond to posts that have not yet been reviewed. This will help everybody in the course to make progress and receive feedback on their work.

Please remember that everyone in the course is trying to learn. Some learners will be very nervous, so please try to be encouraging with your feedback. If there are parts of the answer missing, please try to offer constructive feedback that will help the learner to improve his/her response.

Sample response:

The US and my country are similar because people look for jobs on the Internet and use social media websites. These websites post new jobs every day, and job seekers can search for job advertisements by location or job titles. In my country, the job advertisements usually show the salary for the job, but in the US the salary is not part of the advertisement. Both the US and my country prefer workers that are punctual and hard-working.

Sample peer review:

Thank you for sharing! In my country, social media is also a common way to look for jobs. We learn about job opportunities through WhatsApp.  In my country, the salary is never posted in job ads. We have to prepared to negotiate. I wish that we could know the salary ahead of time. This way, we would know if the job application is worth our time.